The Nikon Thread

GeekKopi

Fresh Coffee wrote:

Here you go then 🙂 http://www.worksperfect.com.au/main/page_contact_us_location.html

cheers FC[emoji108]

GeekKopi

Ok so I fine tuned my 3 lenses today using the dottune method and a cross hatch target. Distance was set at 50x the focal length of the length at max aperture. Lens 1: Nikon 35mm f1.8 (prime) Focus confirmations between -2 and +4 Fine tune Value then set to the Midpoint of +1 Lens 2: Tokina 11-20 f2.8 Focus confirmations between 0 to +9, +2 to + 10 and +3 to + 11 for focal lengths of 11, 16 and 20mm. Mid point were averaged across the three focal lengths and I set it to +6 for the fine tune. Lens 3: Nikon 18-140 f3.5-5.6 Similar approach to the above and I set my fine tune to +5 (mid point). Pretty happy for the results. Attached is the tuning target used. Notes: critical focus established in Live view mode zoomed in. I've got my camera set to back button focus Focus mode was AFS centre.

Brett_H

Holy Crikey... That Tokina is wayyyyyyy out! Thank heavens for fine tune or many third-party lenses would be non-af. There's a lot of variation in any lens manufacture. If you get a truly sharp specimen never sell it unless you get a replacement it's equal! I e a plastic horrible 185mmF2.8 that is so sharp I mount it across the room to shoot gemstones!!! I want an 80-200 to replace it but have not yet met it's equal!

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Holy Crikey... That Tokina is wayyyyyyy out! Thank heavens for fine tune or many third-party lenses would be non-af. There's a lot of variation in any lens manufacture. If you get a truly sharp specimen never sell it unless you get a replacement it's equal! I e a plastic horrible 185mmF2.8 that is so sharp I mount it across the room to shoot gemstones!!! I want an 80-200 to replace it but have not yet met it's equal!

My Tokina is actually better than the Nikon 18-140. I hardly used the 140mm focal length and if I catered and averaged the range for the mid point including that focal length it's terrible. I've got my Tokina now set at +5 after repeating the tests. And yes. Thank goodness for fine tune. All good.

Brett_H

Those kit lenses are really incredible value for money given the often resell for under $100. You can't really compare them with semi and pro lenses. My only kit lens was an 18-70F3.5-5.6DX G on the D70. It was like the camera body attached a revelation in economics and performance given it outperformed the $750 24-85 at the time. Hard to believe we've come this far in such a short time. The D100 was a serious digital camera for pros wanting a less-expensive D1... then Nikon trumped them both with the consumer-focused D70.

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

Those kit lenses are really incredible value for money given the often resell for under $100. You can't really compare them with semi and pro lenses.

True that. Keep forgetting the 18-140 is a $500 lens. Then again the Tokina cost me $650 (after negotiation gave me nearly $100 off) but they give you pro grade at half the price of others. Regardless. Happy with all of them. The 18-140 is not a bad lens. Some of the pics I've taken are really sharp but I'm going to keep it to minimal photo duty as its mostly for video.

GeekKopi

Bit of an update on the Tokina glass. Since fine tuning the sharpness is amazing. It was great before but now it's on another level. Very impressed. The bokeh though in a wide angle at f2.8 is nothing to rave about but stopping it down is what's it's meant to be about - subject and background in focus. Getting very close to subject where the lens nearly hits their face provides a very cool depth perception of the subject to the background. Loving it. For now this lens is permanently on my camera.

GeekKopi

Do you use any smartphone apps to help your photography. I've got 3 that I use from time to time, one is a simple fstop calc (STOPS) the other is a DoF calc (simple DOF) and the third is a long exposure calc (LE CALCULATOR) when using ND filters. All are free on the Apple App Store. Post your apps...

FreshCoffee2

Ha....no mate I am still looking for the rotary dialer on my mobile, dont know where they put it ! Interesting scenario with mobile phones where there are two separate groups of people using them and expecting different things from them. Business people...its a phone mate ! My phone is principally for, in no particular order: making & taking calls to and from work and clients; work emails. ...Facebook what 😉? Other people....its a social networking tool, camera and music station, used for sms, whatsapp, viber, facebook, twitter et all.....! Therefore I ask you.....what's an app ? :stir

Koffee_Kosmo

My Father's Day present came one week late A new STM Zoom lens for my camera 55-250 mm with macro Nice for holiday snap shots when you need to get close These are my first test photos

DoubleRistretto

what sort of camera system do you have KK; what does STM stand for? dR

GeekKopi

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

My Father's Day present came one week late A new STM Zoom lens for my camera 55-250 mm with macro Nice for holiday snap shots when you need to get close These are my first test photos

very nice KK. I'm sure you will get plenty of use out of it.

Koffee_Kosmo

Double Ristretto wrote:

what sort of camera system do you have KK; what does STM stand for? dR

I have a Canon system EOS 70D STM stands for Stepper Motor and is a applied to a new range of Canon lenses which feature a new design of focus motors which, along with a new iris mechanism are designed to eliminate (auditory) noise during video So when in video mode "one can smoothly and silently focus" , and "achieve continuous AF while recording

GeekKopi wrote:

very nice KK. I'm sure you will get plenty of use out of it.

I sure I will when I go Sea Cruising - That's our holiday of choice when we go My favourite go to lens is the STM 18-135 KK

GeekKopi

Here is the flavour of the month on my end. And that's a 82mm end.

GeekKopi

Fresh Coffee wrote:

Ha....no mate I am still looking for the rotary dialer on my mobile, dont know where they put it ! Interesting scenario with mobile phones where there are two separate groups of people using them and expecting different things from them. Business people...its a phone mate ! My phone is principally for, in no particular order: making & taking calls to and from work and clients; work emails. ...Facebook what 😉? Other people....its a social networking tool, camera and music station, used for sms, whatsapp, viber, facebook, twitter et all.....! Therefore I ask you.....what's an app ? :stir

luckily for you FC your device (phone) has a phone app(lication). For me my iPhone is all about data first then phone calls. [emoji108]

Brett_H

I think STM is Canons attempt at Nikons SWM which is ultrasonic focus-fast, quiet and accurate. I had the Macro setting on the 35-70F2.8 but it was never as good as our dedicated macro lenses. I've not tried the newer incantations but it sounds good KK!

FreshCoffee2

Very nice Father's day present KK.

DoubleRistretto

back to camera bags, here's the modern-day equivalent - not leather unfortunately but very practical; only around $140 online from the US [got this about a year ago so exchange rate different now]; amazing what it can fit & not obvious that it's a camera bag

Brett_H

It fits a Nikon so that's a good start! :rofl: :stir Is that a D300? Great looking bag. I'm after a back-pack style one that has quick camera access but also room for the kid's paraphernalia. Notice you're using the plastic screen protector. I've fitted my bodies with this: http://www.digidirect.com.au/accessories/cleaning_kits_and_accessories/fve/ggs_larmor_lcd_screen_protector_for_nikon_d800_d800e?gclid=CL2Vo96K-scCFVWTvQod4T0NIQ They are brilliant!

GeekKopi

Brett H wrote:

It fits a Nikon so that's a good start! :rofl: :stir Is that a D300? Great looking bag. I'm after a back-pack style one that has quick camera access but also room for the kid's paraphernalia. Notice you're using the plastic screen protector. I've fitted my bodies with this: http://www.digidirect.com.au/accessories/cleaning_kits_and_accessories/fve/ggs_larmor_lcd_screen_protector_for_nikon_d800_d800e?gclid=CL2Vo96K-scCFVWTvQod4T0NIQ They are brilliant!

hi Brett. Check out my backpack. It's from lowerpro. It has a quick camera access and heaps of storage. Around $99 here at Teds http://store.lowepro.com/backpacks/transit-backpack-350-aw I'm also using a glass screen protector. Can't go wrong.

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